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By Ryan Young, CNN As bystander and body-worn camera videos have revealed law enforcement failings — from the murder of George Floyd to the delayed intervention in a Texas school shooting — even some of the country’s most seasoned officers have started to question how US police do their jobs. But this week’s swift, bold

By Rebekah Riess and Lechelle Benken, CNN Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the alleged assault and robbery of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine at a South Florida gym last week, authorities announced Thursday. The suspects — Rafael Medina, Jr., 43, Octavious Medina, 23, and Anthony Maldonado, 25 — were arrested Thursday, the Palm Beach

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Paradise Afshar, CNN A cache of newly released FBI documents reveals Stephen Paddock, the gambler who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history in Las Vegas in 2017, may have harbored resentment over how he and other high rollers were treated by casinos. The heavily redacted documents —

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The first funeral connected to this week’s massacre of three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville happened Friday, a day after officials released distressing 911 calls reporting the shooting in the Tennessee city. Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9, was the first victim of Monday’s shooting at The Covenant

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Samantha Beech, CNN A Massachusetts man was indicted on a murder charge Thursday in the disappearance of his wife Ana Walshe, a corporate real estate manager and mother who went missing around the start of the year, a district attorney said. Brian Walshe already had been charged with murder and other

By Alaa Elassar, CNN The executive director of a police union in California has been placed on leave and is facing federal charges after allegedly importing drugs from overseas and distributing them throughout the country. Joanne Marian Segovia, 64, ordered thousands of synthetic opioids including valeryl fentanyl that were disguised as chocolates, wedding favors and

By Christina Maxouris, CNN A group of students at West Texas A&M University have announced a new venue for their charity drag show, which was initially set to take place on campus before it was canceled by the school’s president. The performance, titled “A Fool’s Drag Race,” will occur at the Sam Houston Park in

By Ray Sanchez, CNN The shooter who killed three children and three adults at The Covenant School in Nashville used three of seven legally purchased firearms in America’s latest massacre. Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former student who was under care for an emotional disorder, was in possession of an AR-15 military-style rifle, a 9 mm

By Holly Yan, Tina Burnside, Ella Nilsen and Caroll Alvarado, CNN A train hauling ethanol derailed Thursday morning in Raymond, Minnesota, igniting several rail cars and forcing a mandatory evacuation of the city of about 800, officials said. The fire was still burning more than 14 hours after the derailment, the US Environmental Protection Agency

By Taylor Romine and Nicole Norman, CNN Seven California Highway Patrol officers and a registered nurse were charged for the 2020 death of a man who was being restrained on the ground and repeatedly said he could not breathe, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced in a news conference. Edward Bronstein, 38, was

By Rob Frehse and Travis Caldwell, CNN An independent investigation shows the Fairfax County Public Schools system in Virginia did not intentionally refrain from notifying some high school students of their National Merit Scholarship recognition in a timely manner, the system superintendent announced Wednesday. The school district asked a law firm in January to conduct

By Mallika Kallingal, Nouran Salahieh and Eric Levenson, CNN Some of the 911 calls from The Covenant School shooting have been released by the City of Nashville, capturing some of the tense moments as the carnage played out. One woman who says she is in the building as the shooting is happening tells the operator,